အမဲ

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: အ'မဲ
  • IPA(key): /ʔəmɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.mai: • ALA-LC: ʼamai • BGN/PCGN: ămè: • Okell: ămè

Etymology 1

From အ- (a.-) + a component မဲ (mai:) which traces back to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m(y/w)an ~ min (“flesh, meat, animal”); cognate with Lepcha [script needed] (a-mán, “flesh, meat”). Luce additionally adduces Old Chinese 膰 (OC *ban, “to cook meat for a sacrifice or offering”) as a cognate;[1] though semantically appealing, the differing initials (perhaps a relic of lost morphology?) would have to be explained, if related.

Noun

အမဲ • (a.mai:)

  1. game (meat)
  2. easy prey; mark
Derived terms
  • အခဲအမဲ (a.hkai:a.mai:)
  • အမိုက်အမဲ (a.muik-a.mai:)
  • အမဲကောင် (a.mai:kaung)
  • အမဲခြောက် (a.mai:hkrauk)
  • အမဲဆီ (a.mai:hci)
  • အမဲညှင်း (a.mai:hnyang:)
  • အမဲပစ် (a.mai:pac)
  • အမဲပေါ် (a.mai:pau)
  • အမဲဖမ်း (a.mai:hpam:)
  • အမဲဖျက် (a.mai:hpyak)
  • အမဲရိုး (a.mai:rui:)
  • အမဲလိုက် (a.mai:luik)
  • အမဲလိုက်ခွေး (a.mai:luikhkwe:)
  • အမဲသား (a.mai:sa:)
  • အမဲသားငါး (a.mai:sa:nga:)

Etymology 2

See အမည်း (a.many:).

Noun

အမဲ • (a.mai:)

  1. alternative form of အမည်း (a.many:, “black (color)”)

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AY Finals (35. Meat; Flesh of game)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 20

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